Write With Us!

Two days of intensive learning, connecting and writing all from the comfort of your home

2 days.
7 Workshops.

—All from the comfort of home.

Only $127!

Summer is arriving. 2023 is rushing past. And there’s still so much to learn and do in order to finish your book.

Writing a novel is so much harder than it seems at first. 

 

You need to create a new setting (or world), develop characters from scratch, outline a compelling plot, get the grammar right, fight off imposter syndrome …phew! 

 

What if I told you that you could find live resources for all those problems and get back on track in just two days?

 

My friends Kat Caldwell and Marci Renée have gathered some of the best experts on novel writing to teach workshops on May 16 & 17 and you’re invited to attend! 

 

Each teacher will present a live workshop of writing tools that you can use RIGHT AWAY so you can finish your novel in 2023. 

 

Who is coming to teach?

Lewis Jorstad, Stacy Juba, Emma Dhesi, Tracee Garner, Marci Renée, Beth Barany, and Kat Caldwell and they’re all teaching on different specifics you need to know to write your best novel.

 

All in 48 hours. 


It will be intense, but recordings will be made and available to every participant. Plus, we will have a sprinting room open in between workshops where you can start implementing what you learned in the workshop into your novel right away.

You can do it!

We know you can.

And the best part is that you don’t have to do it alone!

With the help of Kat and Marci’s Online Writing Retreat, you can receive the help you need to finish your book — without burning out!

We’re focusing the writing retreat on giving you help, time, and space to write in a fun and supportive community environment.

Just imagine what it would feel like to have your book written by the end of the year! Yes, you can do this!

You can attend all the workshops live... or watch the recordings.

Ready to join us?

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Each Attendee will receive these bonuses:

A $50 retail value for FREE!

  • Write Your Hero ebook by Lewis Jorstad
  • Author Life Fix ebook by Tracee Garner
  • Push a Pencil: 40 Prompts to Develop Your Creativity ebook by Kat Caldwell
  • Plan Your Novel Like A Pro ebook by Beth Barany

What is the itinerary?

May 16

all times Eastern standard time

Learning, Connecting, writing

9-10am EST

Meet Kat and Marci over coffee — Come meet us and find out more about the days ahead

 

10-11:00am EST

Confidence Comes From Doing with Emma Dhesi Writing can be difficult and lonely, but with the right mindset we can finish our books with confidence

 

11:30-12:30pm EST

The Power of Telling Your Story with Marci Renée — It’s important that the world hears your story. In this workshop Marci guides us though the why and how of getting our story out into the world.

 

12:30-1:30pm EST

Lunch, walk, stretch or write (sprinting room is open)

1:30-3pm EST

Uncover Your Character’s Worst Fears to Discover Your Story Conflicts with Beth Barany —In this hands-on workshop, you’ll be invited to take one of your main characters and use this tool to craft your story’s conflicts.

Come prepared to write to explore and develop your novel.

3:30-5pm EST

Writing Crossroads: How Your Hero’s Decisions Define Your Story with Lewis Jorstad — In this workshop, book coach and developmental editor Lewis Jorstad will show you how your hero’s decisions form the backbone of your story–defining not only their unique adventure, but every event of your novel’s plot.

5-6:00pm EST

Sprinting room is open and first giveaway names drawn

May 17

all times Eastern standard time

LEarning, Connecting, writing

9-10am EST

Interactive Story Circle with Marci Renée 

Do you have a story you want to tell, you want to share? Sometimes, we don’t need someone to respond, someone to give advice, someone to fix it. Sometimes, we just need to tell it.

Imagine a safe place—telling your story, listening to others. Come with a short piece of writing and receive the powerful and healing benefits of telling your own story and receiving the gift of others listening. Then, in turn, you’ll do the same for your fellow writers!

10-11:00am EST

Sprint Room is open Come Write With Us!  

11:00-12:30pm EST

Finding the Perfect Hook with Tracee Garner — In this workshop we’ll tackle the various elements from emotion, voice, POV, action, clarity, character identity, cutting useless exposition, all the way to looking at some of the best hooks and what makes for spectacular, heart palpitating beginnings. 

12:30-1:30pm EST

Lunch, walk, stretch or write (sprinting room is open)

1:30-3pm EST

Adding Nonverbal Communication and Body Language to Enrich Your Story with Stacy Juba —In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to use nonverbal communication to convey emotions, develop characters, and flesh out settings. With plenty of examples and practical tools, you’ll discover tips and tricks to bring your story to life through powerful nonverbal cues.

3-4pm EST

Sprinting Room is open— Come Write With Us!

4-5pm EST

5 Mistakes to Avoid to Create A Stellar Story with Kat Caldwell — There are certain mistakes that writers make that keep their book from becoming a best-seller. Come hear what mistakes to avoid so your book can stand out in the crowd.

5-5:30 Last Giveaway, What’s Next and Goodbyes

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Kat Caldwell

Novelist, Short story writer, and Book Coach

Kat is a fiction writer with three novels and several short stories published. She is a fiction book coach accredited through Author Accelerator and the hostess of the Pencils&Lipstick podcast. In between sprinting with her Creative Writing Community, interviewing authors for the podcast, writing her next novel, or coaching clients, you can find Kat traveling the world, reading, or volunteering with her church—always with a cup of cold brew close by.

Marci Renée

Memoirist, Children's Author, and Writing Coach

Marci Renée, along with her French husband, four boys, and dog, Samy, is a global nomad, who has traveled to more than 30 countries and has lived extensively in the United States, France, Morocco, and Spain. She loves to travel, speak foreign languages, experience different cultures, eat ethnic foods, meet people from faraway lands, and of course, tell stories. She has written and published three children’s books as well as two memoirs.

Lewis Jorstad

The Novel Smithy

Lewis Jorstad is an author and developmental editor who helps up-and-coming writers find the tools they need to tell their story over at The Novel Smithy. When he isn’t working on the next book in his Writer’s Craft series, you can find him playing old Gameboy games and baking far too many homemade bagels.

Tracee Garner

Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Writing Coach, and Course-Creator

With eighteen books and counting, Tracee is a prolific author in the writing and publishing business for more than 20 years, continuing to pen her own works while finding time for a day job, passionate community service and advocacy, plus helping other aspiring writers, write, publish and market their books.

Beth Barany

Novelist, Teacher, Coach and Podcaster

Beth Barany teaches genre fiction writers, primarily, science fiction and fantasy novelists, how to write, edit, and publish their books as a coach, teacher, consultant, and developmental editor. She’s an award-winning fantasy and science fiction novelist and runs the podcast, “How To Write The Future.” More at bethbarany.com.

Emma Dhesi

Novelist and Book Coach

Emma is a novelist and book coach who specialises in helping beginner authors break through their creative blocks, boost their self belief and write their first novel.

Emma helps writers improve your craft, provide feedback on your written work and navigate you through the emotional rollercoaster of finishing a novel.

Stacy Juba

Developmental Editor and Course Creator

Stacy teaches authors how to simplify the self-editing process and fit their writing goals into a busy life.

Ready to ditch the overwhelm and transform your writing, editing, and time management strategies?

If you have a goal to finish a book in 2023,

then learning more about storytelling and the craft of writing will help that process go faster AND be more enjoyable!

"There is nothing to writing. You just sit at a typewriter and bleed."

Get the instruction you need to finish your book in 2023!